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Photo gallery: The Big Picture – Coal

Posted by: Anna-Maria, 18. February 2012 - 10:46
Source: http://www.boston.com

Coal occupies a central position in modern human endeavors. Last year over 7000 megatons were mined worldwide. Powerful, yet dirty and dangerous, use of coal is expanding every year, with 2010 witnessing a production increase of 6.8%. Read on

Financing the transition to a green economy

Posted by: Anna-Maria, 18. February 2012 - 10:26
Source: http://www.opendemocracy.net

By keeping investments in clean energy off the agenda, the Kyoto process delayed by a decade any serious engagement with global warming. To get the transformation of capitalism on its way, a serious rethink of eco-investment finance is essential. Read on

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Pilot plant converts fruit and veggie waste into natural gas for cars

Posted by: xamboli, 17. February 2012 - 12:09
Source: http://www.gizmag.com

Given the rising oil prices in recent years, many drivers have been converting their cars to run on natural gas. But like oil, natural gas is a fossil fuel with limited reserves whose price has also risen in recent years and is likely to continue to do so.
Fraunhofer's development provides an alternative way to obtain natural gas, not from Earth's reserves, but from fruit and vegetable waste. Read on

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Green On Wheels! Pick-up Cabs to Now Collect your Waste-Paper

Posted by: sarah-indra, 14. February 2012 - 14:12
Source: http://yourstory.in

Next time you throw a used paper in the waste basket, think what all you can do with it. Proper recycling of paper can not only help save our fast disappearing greenery, but can also provide a sustainable business opportunity. Read on

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Don't Reinvent The Wheel, Steal It: An Urban Planning Award for Cities That Copy

Posted by: sarah-indra, 14. February 2012 - 14:06
Source: http://www.good.is

Cities around the world may all be struggling with the same problems, from building affordable housing to boosting internet access, but a lack of dialogue means that local governments rarely copy each other’s successful ideas. Read on

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How Green Roofs can Improve our Cities

Posted by: sarah-indra, 14. February 2012 - 13:57
Source: http://sustainablecitiescollective.com

We all love a room with a view, but when it comes to planning for the future of a building we tend to forget about the world beyond its walls. We home in on the structure itself – its foundations and floors, cavities and cracks – isolating it from its natural surroundings. But the performance of a building depends very much on conditions outside. Read on

Put people at core of sustainable development: UN report

Posted by: sarah-indra, 7. February 2012 - 12:47
Source: http://ourworld.unu.edu

Social and environmental costs need to be integrated into measurement of economic activity, a new UN report said on Monday as it urged world leaders to focus on the long-term resilience of the planet and its people. Read on

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Himachal to be the 1st state to become carbon-neutral by 2020

Posted by: xamboli, 3. February 2012 - 11:23
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Himachal Pradesh would be the first state in the country to become carbon neutral by 2020 by undertaking "carbon smart growth", chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal claimed. Read on

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Watch the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) live online

Posted by: sarah-indra, 1. February 2012 - 12:06
Source: http://cdkn.org

Heads of State, Ministers and academics from across the world are arriving in New Delhi, India for the 2012 Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS), to be held 2-4 February. This year’s summit titled ‘Protecting the Global Commons: 20 years post Rio’ is a landmark event in the run-up to the Rio+20 Conference to be held in June later this year. Read on

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: A Story of Passion and Possibility

Posted by: Anna-Maria, 28. January 2012 - 13:06
Source: http://www.brainpickings.org

What bamboo poles and bicycle chains have to do with sparking the spirit of entrepreneurship. Read on

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Indian villagers’ lives transformed by new energy delivery system

Posted by: sarah-indra, 24. January 2012 - 13:23
Source: http://ourworld.unu.edu

It’s late December and an icy fog cloaks the northeastern state of Uttar Pradesh. Here, far from the cities, smoke rises in dense, choking spirals from meagre wood fires and scantily-clad children shiver against the cold. These are largely farming families, and their mud huts fortified by the occasional brick wall are for the most part devoid of light, heat or clean water. Read on

Sundance Film Fest 2012: “Chasing Ice” and “Atomic States”

Posted by: xamboli, 23. January 2012 - 12:39
Source: http://www.treehugger.com

The Sundance Film Festival kicked off January 19 with the founder and environmentalist Robert Redford setting the tone. “It’s no secret, times are dark and grim,” he said. Three of the films in the documentary section of the program deal with environmental issues. Read on

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Governments Spend $1.4 Billion Per Day to Destabilize Climate

Posted by: ajaychabba, 23. January 2012 - 7:05
Source: http://www.treehugger.com

We distort reality when we omit the health and environmental costs associated with burning fossil fuels from their prices. Read on

In Germany, Renewable Energy Surpasses Nuclear and Coal Energy For First Time

Posted by: xamboli, 18. January 2012 - 12:09
Source: http://www.ecogeek.org

In 2011, Germany finally saw their renewable energy production top that of almost all other sources of energy, including nuclear, hard-coal and gas-fired power plants. The only other energy generation source greater than the renewable energy mix was lignite-fired power. Read on

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Urban Forms: Building the Transit Metropolis

Posted by: sarah-indra, 17. January 2012 - 9:19
Source: http://indiatogether.org

As the most significant region yet to be urbanised, India presents a unique opportunity for capturing impacts of urbanisation on the spatial dimension, writes Madhav Pai. Read on